The 25 Most Influential People Tweeting About Cloud Computing

In 2009, cloud computing went mainstream to become one of the biggest tech buzzwords of the year 2010. “Take it to the cloud!” has become a popular motto for large enterprises, small businesses and start ups. Cloud computing services exist along a spectrum from open public to closed private. Gartner expects all large enterprises will have a dynamic sourcing team in place by 2012 that is responsible for ongoing cloudsourcing decisions and management.

We partnered with PeerIndex, again, to come up with a list featuring the 25 most influential people on Twitter on the topic of cloud computing. Our top 25 list is not ranked based on their overall PeerIndex score , but based on each one’s topic resonance score, which measures how their actions within cloud computing community resonant with the community.

You can follow our list of Cloud Computing’s top 25 influentials on Twitter or get more info on the PeerIndex group we’ve created to stay on top of the latest news, insiders’ insights and emerging trends in cloud computing.

It comes as no surprise to find someone from Amazon on our #1. Jeff Barr is a Senior Manager at Cloud Computing Solutions at Amazon.com and a Web Services Evangelist. If you simply can’t get enough of his tweets, you can read his blog here.

Vanessa Alvarez works as an analyst with Forrester covering storage. Her focus as a researcher is primary on storage architectures and strategy, the evolution of these as they relate to converged infrastructure and cloud computing scenarios.

The former CEO of MySQL is now the CEO of Eucalyptus Systems. Eucalyptus Systems delivers private cloud software that enables enterprises and government agencies to establish their own cloud computing environments.